Archive for June 15th 2017

As of today there have already been 23 Events completed at the 2017 WSOP with a total Prize Pool of just a shade under 53 million dollars and we’re still not even halfway there, with more than 50 events to go. For those few people that still have no clue just how rich the WSOP payouts are, take this in and wonder no more — thus far the 48th Annual WSOP has paid out more than 10 million dollars in first place prize money alone.

At this point the biggest winner (in terms of $$$) is, by far, Doug Polk who walked away from Event 6 the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop with a sweet paycheck of $3,686,865 and his third Gold Bracelet. Not a bad payday for four days work. You might remember that Lynn “Queen of Hearts” Paris mentioned him in her WSOP Highlights blog just a few days ago.

The following is a list of the current winners that have taken home first place prize dollars along with the coveted WSOP Gold Bracelets.

Bryan Hollis – Event 1 – $68,817

Team Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree – Event 2 – $273,964

Upeshka De Silva – Event 3 – $229,923

Benjamin Zamani – Event 4 – $238,620

Thomas-Pomponio – Event 5 – $1,000,000

Doug Polk – Event 6 – $3,686,865

Jesse Martin – Event 7 – $130,948

Joseph “ul_gg” Mitchell – Event 8 – $122,314

Abe Mosseri – Event 9 – $388,795

Team Aditya Sushant – Nipun Java – Event 10 – $150,637

David Bach- Event 11 – $119,399

David “Dragon” Pham – Event 12 – $391,960

Frank Kassela – Event 13 – $89,151

David Singer – Event 14 – $203,709

Adrian Mateos – Event 15 – $324,470

Anthony Marquez – Event 16 – $393,273

John Racener – Event 17 – $273,962

Tyler Smith – Event 18 – $244,344

Pablo Mariz – Event 20 – $1,221,407

Ron Ware – Event 21 – $145,577

John Monnette – Event 22 – $256,610

Shane Buchwald – Event 24 – $177,985

There is a lot more ahead. There are still more than fifty Final Tables to be conquered; will you be at one of them? Will you join the group of conquerors of this 2017 World Series of Poker? If you ARE there, don’t forget to take a picture or video holding a sign that has three little words on it – TEXAS POKER STORE – You would make us very happy and we generously reward those who make us happy. Check out the entry details here…